Cpl. Bill Thompson, 30, a son of Ernest Thompson of Kansas City, Kan., was killed in action in the European theater April 8, his father has been notified.
Thompson, who enlisted in the army before Pearl Harbor, was born and raised in Trenton. He attended the local schools.
He went overseas in January after receiving infantry training in various camps in this county. Three brothers are also in the armed forces.
Surviving besides his father and stepmother are his widow, Mrs. Naomi Thompson of Manhattan Beach, Cal.; four brothers, Pfc. Jack P. Thompson, who is serving in the South Pacific, Pvt. G. E. Thompson, also in the European theater, Lt. Charles[Carl] A. Thompson, stationed at Warrensburg and Lloyd E. Thompson of Oklahoma; four sisters, Mrs. Wanda L. Kennedy and Mrs. Chester Lover[Lovell] of Route 5, Mrs. Margaret Grimes of Chillicothe and Romayne Thompson of Trenton.
Lt. Charles[Carl] Thompson was recently returned to the United States after he was released from an internment camp in a neutral country. He was navigator of a B17 which was shot down after a raid.
Newspaper name and date omitted from this article.
From on line records at Ancestry.com: sandrabrinckerhoff added this on 6 Mar 2012
NOTE: The above was typed as written. There was not a brother named "Charles". It is believed the "Charles" is a brother named Carl.
Cpl. Bill Thompson, 30, a son of Ernest Thompson of Kansas City, Kan., was killed in action in the European theater April 8, his father has been notified.
Thompson, who enlisted in the army before Pearl Harbor, was born and raised in Trenton. He attended the local schools.
He went overseas in January after receiving infantry training in various camps in this county. Three brothers are also in the armed forces.
Surviving besides his father and stepmother are his widow, Mrs. Naomi Thompson of Manhattan Beach, Cal.; four brothers, Pfc. Jack P. Thompson, who is serving in the South Pacific, Pvt. G. E. Thompson, also in the European theater, Lt. Charles[Carl] A. Thompson, stationed at Warrensburg and Lloyd E. Thompson of Oklahoma; four sisters, Mrs. Wanda L. Kennedy and Mrs. Chester Lover[Lovell] of Route 5, Mrs. Margaret Grimes of Chillicothe and Romayne Thompson of Trenton.
Lt. Charles[Carl] Thompson was recently returned to the United States after he was released from an internment camp in a neutral country. He was navigator of a B17 which was shot down after a raid.
Newspaper name and date omitted from this article.
From on line records at Ancestry.com: sandrabrinckerhoff added this on 6 Mar 2012
NOTE: The above was typed as written. There was not a brother named "Charles". It is believed the "Charles" is a brother named Carl.
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Missouri.
Family Members
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Leonard James Thompson
1904–1930
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Wanda Louise Thompson Kennedy
1905–1971
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Romayne Anora "Nane" Thompson Gardner
1909–1991
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Lloyd Earl Thompson
1911–1947
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Margaret Leah Thompson Grimes
1912–1975
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Jessie Tracy "Tracie" Thompson Lovell
1917–2000
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Jack Pershing Thompson
1918–2003
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Carl Jacob Thompson
1920–1953
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George Ernest "GE" Thompson
1922–2000
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